Power Table

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The only sort of power that ultimately matters is of course physical power, defined as energy per unit time. I’m not used to thinking about power and lack any concept of what a watt or kilowatt is. To remedy this, I made the table below. A more comprehensive but also more complex table is here.

Watt (W), 1V × 1A 1J/s
Horsepower (hp), metric735.5W
AAA battery1W
LED bulb5-10W
Basal metabolic rate (2,000 cal/day)100W
Solar panel (1.6m2)300W
Average household consumption1kW
Tesla highway driving10-15kW
Wind turbine1-3MW
Nuclear power station1GW
World electricity production (2020)3,000GW
Examples of power generation and use across 12 orders of magnitude